The French Revolution was an unstable‚ blood-filled time. With 20‚000 sent to the guillotine and an equal number to prison‚ it is not hard to find importance but rather to find meaning. The most crucial thing to look for in the revolution is justification‚ reasons that excuse or bring significance to the deaths of many. John Locke‚ a philosophe of the time‚ may have argued that a leader who does not provide his people with inalienable rights is grounds for dismissal in the form of regicide1
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major revolutions were to rock the modern world. The first was in America where the colonists rose up in revolt against British rule. The second was in France as members of the bourgeoisie rose up in revolt against King Louis XVI. The French Revolution is a highly controversial affair because‚ for the first time‚ Marxist historians become rather eloquent. They claim that this revolt was a "Revolution of the Bourgeoisie"‚ the first of such which would then pave the way for a greater revolution‚ the
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French Revolution Questions The Outbreak of the Revolution: 1) French society around 1789 was split into three groups of people or the Three Estates. The First Estate consisted of the clergy or the leaders of the church. The Second Estate were the nobles who were highly privileged. The Third and final estate consisted of peasants‚ city workers‚ and the middle class‚ all of which were taxes heavily and underprivileged. 2) The complains of the Third Estate were they were being taxed to heavily
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Prior to the French revolution there where three social classes the aristocrat‚ bourgeoisie and peasant. The aristocrat is at the of the chain. The bourgeoisie is middle class and the peasant are at the bottom of the group. During this time‚ the raise of taxes where unfair it made the aristocrat class the rich and the other two classes poor. This made economically unbalance and unfair this causes tension between the social classes. The aristocrat social roles would be landowners that took care of
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Antoinette for the French Revolution‚ because she was spent the countries money on parties‚ clothes‚ champagne and cake instead of helping the poor people of the country‚ but I don’t think she was why the revolutionist stood up for themselves‚ because there were much bigger issues going on at that time than an Austrian princess. Although she might have been one of the reasons why some joined the Revolution‚ I don’t think she was the one who got everyone to form the Revolution. I think that the main
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history there have been many important revolutions that have help to shape society as it is today. There are different causes‚ from political to religious‚ economic to social. Any revolution affects those in society‚ and creates changes for the people in the society. There are three important revolutions that took place in the late 18th century that changed the world for the better. The French Revolution‚ the American Revolution‚ and the Industrial Revolution all took place in the late 1700s. Although
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King Louis XVI (16th) did not listen to the people and take good care of them; he cared about the other three percent‚ the nobility. Thus‚ the poor rebelled and created a turning point in world history. King Louis had a very large role in the French Revolution. King Louis XVI came into power when he was very young. He was ill-prepared to be king and lacked the ability to make good decisions for his country and the determination to pull through with all of the policies. King Louis truly did want to
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The French Revolution was necessary because it successfully solved France’s most pressing problem: the unfair treatment of peasants. The French Revolution was necessary because before the revolution‚ there was massive inequality between the peasants and the rest of the estates. In 18th century France‚ people were classified into a particular social class based on the family they were born into. Peasants were the lowest class‚ and were destined to work the land of the noble upon whose land they
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The French Revolution greatly inspired feelings of rebellion among the Haitian people‚ which sparked the Haitian Revolution. The Haitian revolution was brought upon by the obvious oppression towards the people of Haiti but the French Revolution caused the beginnings of the inevitable uprisings by the complete disregard of the African’s natural rights that were stated in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. As well as inequality between social classes and Napoleon Bonaparte’s dishonored
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Causes of the French Revolution The French Revolution was a long lasting‚ ten-year period beginning in 1789 and eventually ending in 1799. It marked one of the most important events in history‚ leading to many transformations throughout France. At the time‚ France was the most powerful state in Europe but it still took part in the Revolution. During this era‚ France had been socially unstable. Although dividing the classes into three estates seemed as if it were a great idea‚ these estates were
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